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A. A. FRASIER.

MOP WEINGER.

Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

IJVVENTOR WITNESSES 1, 6 M 6 hlwmck Attorneys ATENT Erica.

ALBERT A. FRASIER, OF ONEQNTA, NEW YORK.

MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,755, dated April 13, 1886.

Application filed Dcce1nber4, 1885.

T0 aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. FRASIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of ()neonta, in the county of Otsego and State of New York,haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers; and ldo hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved mop-wringer in position in a bucket. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Figure 3 is a perspective view of the wringer removed from the bucket.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to mopwringers or devices for wringing water out of a mop or cloth by drawing it upward out of a bucket, in which the wringer is placed; and it consists-in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a device, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A indicates a bucket, which may be of any suitable construction and size, and which is provided with a step, B, or projecting lip, which will be flush with the floor upon which the bucket may be placed, serving to allow the person using the wringer to place his or her foot upon it.

The wringerconsists of two triangular or sector-shaped side pieces, C O, which are connected by means of a crosspiece or round, D, connecting the side pieces, and a cross-piece or round, E, which connects two corresponding upper corners of the side pieces. A roller, F, is journaled immediately below the upper round, and two arms, G G, are pivoted with their lower perforated ends upon the lower rounds,being connected at their upper ends by a handle, H, and at their lower portions by a roller, 1, journaled at its ends in the arms and registering with the roller j our-naled between the side pieces, bearing against it when brought toward it.

It will be seen that the side pieces, by reason of their being triangular or sector-shaped,

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with their sharpest angle pointing downward, will fit into any bucket the bottom diameter of which is larger than the distance between the side pieces, and the top diameter of which is not smaller than the said distance, the edges of the pointed side pieces fitting against the inner tapering sides of the bucket, and thus causing a snug fit within the bucket.

The wringer is placed in the bucketin such a manner that the step upon the bucket will appear to theleft of the side piece of the wringer, which is facing the person using the device, and the left foot may now be placed upon the step, holding the bucket firmly, when the handle may be grasped with the left hand and be tilted toward the roller between the side pieces, while the mop or cloth is drawn by the right hand up between the rollers, the pressure upon the same being governed by the left hand holding the handle and tilting the arms and their roller. The mop or cloth being drawn from between the rollers over the upper round, the said round will serve to remove any superfluous fluid still remaining upon the under side of the mop or cloth after it has been drawn between the rollers, and the round will also serve as a point of purchase or fulcrum for the mop or cloth being drawn up between the rollers and being drawn toward the side, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention,l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the States- A mopw ringer consisting of two triangular side pieces connected at their lower corners and at two corresponding upper corners by cross pieces or rounds, a roller journaled at its ends under the upper round in the side pieces, two arms pivoted at their lower ends upon the lower round and having a handle connecting their upper ends, and a rollerjournaled between them and registering with the other roller, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aifixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT A. FRASIER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH, SEYMOUR soon. 

